The moon sets and the sun rises, and the night is silent.
Early the next morning, Xu Lang arrived at CSY early and drove Luo Jiayan to Hengtong County.
To be honest, although Xu Lang is a native of S City, he still doesn't know much about many subordinate counties of S City. If it weren't for the investigation that found that Chen Qiumin is from Hengtong County, Xu Lang would not have known that S City still had such a
A county seat.
Setting off in the morning, Xu Lang and the others arrived at the county seat in the afternoon.
This journey was not so smooth. Xu Lang did not expect that the road from S City to Hengtong County would be so bad. The car got stuck in mud pits several times, and it took a long time to prevent the car from breaking down halfway.
After arriving in Hengtong County, Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan were already hungry. They randomly found a restaurant to eat. It was said to be a restaurant, but it was actually similar to a farmhouse. It had a simple kitchen and a simple dining table. When Xu Lang and the others arrived,
I also saw a rooster walking leisurely in the yard, and two black and white native dogs lying at the door of the yard. When Xu Lang and the others drove here, the two native dogs just raised their heads symbolically and glanced at them.
Xu Lang and the others lowered their heads again, lay on the ground, and kept sticking out their tongues. They didn't know whether it was because the weather was too hot, or they didn't want to talk to Xu Lang and the others, so they didn't even bother to scream.
When he came to Hengtong County, Xu Lang thought it might be similar to Boyang County, a village that relied on fishing for a living. However, after Xu Lang and the others drove to Hengtong County, they were surprised to find that Hengtong County was actually
A county town surrounded by mountains, here, let alone the sea, there is not even a large lake Xu Lang.
Luo Jiayan was extremely surprised when she saw this scene on the way here. She asked Xu Lang if there were mountains in S city. Xu Lang didn't know how to answer at that time. It was also his first time here.
Hengtong County is not so much a county town as it is a large township with scattered residents. Xu Lang hardly saw many cars on the way here, and the road leading here is also paved with gravel.
It's just a highway. The highway is very narrow, and can only allow two cars to pass by. The road is not always curved, and there are many turns. Moreover, the angles of the turns are very large and very sharp. If the driving skills are not good, it is easy to
The car overturned, which made Xu Lang's palms sweat while driving.
Compared to Xu Lang's cautious driving, on the way here, Xu Lang saw several vans passing by him at lightning speed, and when they turned the corner, they started drifting, and there were many people sitting in the van.
Xu Lang's eyelids were twitching wildly, and he was worried that if the driver drove so fast, the car would overturn. However, this worst outcome did not happen.
The owner of the restaurant is a woman who has been working as a farmer for a long time. She looks to be in her forties, has dark skin, rough hands, and is dressed simply. When she saw Xu Lang and the others coming, she immediately became enthusiastic.
He entertained Xu Lang and asked Xu Lang and the others what they were going to eat. While talking and handing out menus, his eyes looked up and down on Xu Lang and the others, glancing at Xu Lang's car from the corner of his eye from time to time.
Policemen are never picky about what they eat, and they couldn't help being picky. Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan each ordered a bowl of noodles. On the recommendation of the landlady, Xu Lang and the others ordered two dishes. Originally, the landlady also ordered them.
I wanted to recommend the drinks here to Xu Lang and the others, but Xu Lang refused because he was driving. This made the landlady a little disappointed. However, she didn't say anything and turned around and went to the kitchen. Not long after, there was the sound of pots and pans in the kitchen.
The sound of clinking ladles and the aroma of food wafted out of the kitchen.
"Brother Lang, this landlady is very good at business." Luo Jiayan said, sitting on a chair, playing with chopsticks boredly, looking in the direction of the kitchen.
"How to say?"
Xu Lang asked casually. His mind was not on this at the moment. He was looking around at the large and small mountain peaks around him.
"A bowl of noodles is thirty-eight dollars, which is more expensive than the noodles in the city, and a dish is fifty-eight dollars. Brother Lang, after eating this meal, we will lose at least two hundred dollars." Luo Jiayan said weakly.
"Huh? Really?"
Hearing what Luo Jiayan said, Xu Lang turned his head and looked at Luo Jiayan in surprise.
"Didn't you see it when you ordered the food just now?" Luo Jiayan looked at Xu Lang in surprise and asked.
Xu Lang shook his head. The landlady just asked him what to eat. At that time, he was very hungry, and the landlady strongly recommended that the noodles here were good. Xu Lang didn't think much and just ordered without paying attention to the price.
"If it's more expensive, just be more expensive. Anyway, it's just to fill your stomach." Xu Lang thought for a while and explained.
"Too."
After hearing what Xu Lang said, Luo Jiayan didn't hesitate anymore.
Half an hour later, the landlady came over wearing an apron and carrying two plates. She gently placed the plates on the table and said with a smile: "You're in a hurry."
The plate is very big, and the food in it is also sufficient. Not to mention Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan, even two more people can eat it. This is different from restaurants in the city. Fifty-eight portions are indeed not a loss, but
After Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan saw what was on the plate, their faces suddenly became very ugly. Luo Jiayan even covered her mouth with one hand, and her baby face wrinkled into the shape of a bitter melon.
When Xu Lang saw what was on the plate, he frowned, his throat moved subconsciously, and his face turned slightly pale.
"What's wrong? Did it scare you?"
After seeing Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan's expressions, the landlady was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile.
"This is......"
Xu Lang stretched out his hand and pointed at the food on the plate and asked.
"Oh, you said this, these are grasshoppers, deep-fried, very crispy and delicious." The lady boss explained with a smile.
"What about this one?" Luo Jiayan pointed to another plate
He found that there were all golden bugs inside, and asked with a frown.
"This is cicada, and it's also deep-fried. You guys eat it quickly, I'll serve you some noodles."
The landlady said something and then turned around and went to the kitchen. Only Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan, who looked a little pale, were left looking at each other. Neither of them moved their chopsticks and they couldn't finish their mouths.
After a while, the boss lady came up with two steaming bowls of noodles.
When the noodles were placed in front of Xu Lang and the others, Luo Jiayan stood up, took a few steps back, pointed at the noodle bowl, and asked: "Insects, there are insects in the noodles."
Luo Jiayan's reaction seemed to be what the boss lady expected. She looked at Luo Jiayan, then at Xu Lang, who had an ugly face. Finally, she looked at the noodle bowl, smiled and said, "The little girl is right.
, this is indeed a bug.”
"It's really a bug. What kind of bug is this?" Luo Jiayan asked with a trembling voice.
"To be precise, these are not bugs, they are maggots."
"ah?"
"maggot?"
Xu Lang, who had been calm just now, was really not calm now. He raised his head and looked at the landlady with a puzzled look on his face.
The landlady was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Haha...it's not the kind of maggot you think, it's a meat maggot that grows up specifically eating meat."
"Maggots that grew up eating meat? What kind of meat?"
"Of course it's pork, otherwise what do you think it is?" the landlady asked.
After hearing the explanation from the boss lady, Xu Lang lowered his head and glanced at the noodle bowl in front of him. The noodles were very white, hand-rolled noodles. The width was just right. The noodle soup was also very white, with oily and green flowers floating on it.
chopped green onion, but there is a layer of tiny bugs floating on the noodles. The bugs are not big, only the size of rice grains. They look disgusting and make people lose their appetite instantly.
"Eat it, don't look at it, it won't taste good after it gets cold."
The landlady looked at Xu Lang, then at Luo Jiayan who was sitting back, and said with a smile.
Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan looked at each other and saw the disgust in each other's eyes.
"Are you jealous?" Xu Lang asked, rolling his Adam's apple.
"Yes, I'll get it for you. Do you want to drink? I have a lot of medicinal wine here, which is very tonic. Do you want to try it?"
"Oh, no, we still have to drive and we can't drink."
"Okay then, just wait and I'll get you some vinegar."
After saying this, the landlady turned and went to the kitchen.
After the boss lady left, Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan quickly stood up from their chairs as if they had been stabbed in the butt by a needle. Xu Lang took out his wallet from his pocket, took out three hundred-dollar bills, and placed them on the table.
Said to Luo Jiayan: "Let's go."
Luo Jiayan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, ran to the passenger seat without looking back, opened the car door and jumped in, while Xu Lang also opened the driver's door, got in, closed the door, started the car, kicked the accelerator, and the car started.
Just leave here quickly.
As soon as Xu Lang and the others started the car, the proprietress came out with vinegar in hand. When she saw the empty table and the three hundred yuan pressed with chopsticks on the table, she was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and left.
In the past, I thought to myself: "Why don't you eat such a good thing? It's such a waste."
After saying this, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating voraciously, making a slurping sound while eating, which gave people a creepy feeling.
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Xu Lang drove for more than ten minutes at a stretch before stopping the car at a corner.
As soon as the car stopped, Xu Lang unbuckled his seat belt, pushed open the car door, rushed to the side of the road and started vomiting, and Luo Jiayan did the same.
At this time, although the two of them were really hungry, they had no appetite at all. They were obviously disgusted by the food just now. Although they all knew that the food the boss lady made was indeed edible, but looking at those things
Xu Lang had no appetite at all when thinking of their appearance, especially those meat maggots floating on the noodles, and Xu Lang felt his stomach churn.
The two squatted on the side of the road and retched for a while before returning to the car.
Xu Lang leaned on the driver's seat, turned his head, and asked feebly: "Do you still want to eat?"
"Well, no, I'm afraid of vomiting." Luo Jiayan also said with a pale face.
"Then let's go directly to the Public Security Bureau."
"Um."
After saying that, Xu Lang started the car and drove directly into Hengtong County and arrived at the entrance of the Public Security Bureau.
After parking the car, the two people got out of the car with their legs and feet feeling weak, and came to the Public Security Bureau. They showed their IDs and explained their purpose to the policeman who was working. The policeman immediately went to the director's office.
After a while, a man in his forties, with dark skin and wearing only a short-sleeved shirt on his upper body walked over quickly.
As soon as the man walked up to Xu Lang, he showed a greasy-looking smile, stretched out his big rough hands, held Xu Lang's hand tightly, and said, "Team Leader Xu, I didn't expect you to come.
It's so fast, hurry up, come to my office and take a rest."
Xu Lang's legs and feet were already weak because of what happened just now. At this moment, he was held by the man and shook. Xu Lang's body also followed the shaking. His movements looked very funny. Other police officers from the Public Security Bureau saw
This scene made me want to laugh immediately, but I didn't dare to laugh. I could only lower my head and not watch this scene.
"Team Leader Xu, what's wrong with you? Oh, it must be because our roads are bad and you're getting motion sickness, right? Come on, come to my office and take a rest."
As the man spoke, he supported Xu
He put his shoulder on Lang's shoulder and walked towards the office, followed closely by Luo Jiayan.
Entering the office, sitting on a chair, and after another round of greetings, the man introduced himself: "My name is Chen Shaofeng, and I am the director of the Hengtong County Public Security Bureau. I didn't expect Team Leader Xu to come to us. It's really not easy."
"
After drinking a cup of tea, Xu Lang gradually recovered. When he heard what Chen Shaofeng said, Xu Lang raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Have you heard of me?"
"Ha ha......"
Chen Shaofeng let out a burst of hearty laughter and explained: "Who in the public security system still doesn't know the name of Detective Xu Langxu? Although our Hengtong County is located in a remote place, Team Leader Xu's name is still well known."
Hearing this, Xu Lang secretly rolled his eyes, okay, this flattery really makes people speechless.
The two of them exchanged pleasantries again. They said they were just greetings, but in fact it was Chen Shaofeng who was talking alone and Xu Lang was just listening. As long as Chen Shaofeng was praising Xu Lang, Xu Lang himself would feel very embarrassed.
Xu Lang became increasingly helpless.
"Director Chen, I believe you also know what we are here for this time." Xu Lang finally couldn't stand Chen Shaofeng's praise, so he interrupted Chen Shaofeng and said.
"I know, I know, you are here because of Chen Qiumin's affairs, right?" Chen Shaofeng said with a smile.
Xu Lang nodded.
"Can you take us to Chenjiahe?" Xu Lang said straight to the point.
"Well..." Chen Shaofeng looked at Xu Lang and hesitated.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Xu Lang asked.
"Oh, that's not a problem. It's just that it's already afternoon now, so you two probably haven't eaten yet. Why don't we go after eating?" Chen Shaofeng suggested.
Not only was it okay to eat, but when it came to eating, the expressions of Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan changed slightly. This scene happened to be seen by Chen Shaofeng, who asked with some confusion: "What happened to Team Leader Xu? Could it be that
Are you feeling unwell?"
Xu Lang shook his head and said: "It's okay, I won't eat anymore. Let's go to Chenjiahe first to understand the situation."
Seeing what Xu Lang said, Chen Shaofeng pondered for a while, nodded, stood up, walked to the desk, picked up the landline phone, and dialed a number.
"Hey, let Chen Bo come to my office."
After saying this, Chen Shaofeng hung up the phone, sat down in front of the sofa again, and said with a smile: "Team Leader Xu, wait a moment, I will arrange for someone to take you there."
Xu Lang nodded, picked up the teacup, and took another sip of tea.
"Click."
The office door was pushed open from the outside, and a young man in his early twenties walked in. Like Chen Shaofeng, his skin was very dark, but his hands were not as rough as Chen Shaofeng.
"Chen Bo, this is Officer Xu Langxu from the city, and this is Officer Luo Jiayanluo."
"Hello, Officer Xu, hello, Officer Luo." Chen Bo said this while standing at attention and saluting.
Xu Lang waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be so serious.
"Take the two police officers to Chenjiahe and cooperate with them."
"I understand, Director."
Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan also stood up and walked towards the door.
When Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan walked out of the office door, Xu Lang turned around subconsciously and found that Chen Shaofeng was whispering something to Chen Bo. Seeing Xu Lang turn around, Chen Shaofeng quickly smiled at Xu Lang, Xu
Lang narrowed his eyes slightly, smiled, and turned his head again.
"Cooperate well with the work of the two police officers and don't talk nonsense, you know?"
When Xu Lang turned his head, Chen Shaofeng looked at Chen Bo with a serious expression and said.
"I understand, Director."
"As long as you know, go ahead."
After hearing what Chen Shaofeng said, Chen Bo turned around and walked out of the office, came to Xu Lang and the others, and said, "I'm going to drive. Please wait for me at the door."
"Oh, no need, just take my car there."
Xu Lang glanced at the director's office, which had closed the door, and then looked at Chen Bo and said.
"This... is not good," Chen Bo said, somewhat unsure of his decision.
"What's wrong with this? Let's go."
After Xu Lang finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside. Chen Bo looked at the backs of Xu Lang and Luo Jiayan, frowned, and then looked back at Chen Shaofeng's office. His eyes were a little complicated, and he shook his head secretly and sighed.
He followed Xu Lang and the others out of the Public Security Bureau.
Xu Lang was still driving. The young policeman known as Chen Bo sat in the passenger seat, while Luo Jiayan sat in the back seat.
Under Chen Bo's guidance, Xu Lang started the car and drove towards Chenjiahe.
In the office of the Public Security Bureau, Chen Shaofeng stood by the window and watched Xu Lang's car leave the gate of the compound. His expression was solemn and he murmured to himself: "Is he really here to investigate Chen Qiumin's matter? But it's impossible.
Don't get involved in that matter, hey..."
After saying this, Chen Shaofeng returned to his desk, picked up the mobile phone on the table, and made a call.
"People are coming from the city to investigate Chen Qiumin. Do you know what to do?"
"Know."
"As long as you know, send them away as soon as possible."
"knew."
Chen Shaofeng put down his cell phone, the expression on his face kept changing, as if he was thinking about something very important.